Mom’s Favorite Jewish Apple Cake

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 75 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

This Jewish apple cake recipe with sliced apples, orange juice, vanilla, and cinnamon is baked in a tube cake pan for a dense and flavorful favorite.

Ingredients

5 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
5 medium apples - peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
1/2 cup orange juice
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
2 Combine 5 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add apple slices; toss to coat.
3 Beat flour, 2 cups sugar, oil, eggs, orange juice, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl until smooth and thoroughly blended. Batter will be thick.
4 Transfer ½ batter to the prepared pan; top with ½ apple slices. Add remaining ½ batter; neatly arrange remaining ½ apple slices on top.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 ¼ hours. Cool in the pan for 1 hour. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a cooling rack to cool completely.